Senator Ron Wyden is among the legislators who wrote to the NSA.
In light of the recent SolarWinds supply chain hack on government agencies and others, 10 Democratic lawmakers are asking the National Security Agency to explain why it apparently did not take action after the 2012 Juniper Networks supply chain hack to help prevent similar attacks.
In a recent letter to NSA, the lawmakers state: “The American people have a right to know why NSA did not act after the Juniper hack to protect the government from the serious threat posed by supply chain hacks. A similar supply chain hack was used in the recent SolarWinds breach, in which several government agencies were compromised with malware snuck into the company’s software updates.”
If it had, it would add to a growing number of incidents that have affected the system since its launch in May of last year. Between late October and early November 2020, it suffered two software glitches in one week, with more than 7,000 people given the wrong dates for self-isolation. Prior to that, an Excel technical issue led to a delay in reporting 15,841 positive COVID-19 cases.
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Sky News, Serco spokesperson Marcus Deville said there had been no impact on UK business and that the attack had only impacted the company s mainland European operations, which were completely isolated from those in the UK.
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A recent Westminster eForum event saw leaders come together to discuss the priorities for quantum technology progress, both in the UK and worldwide.
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The UK is a world leader in quantum technologies, according to Roger McKinlay, Challenge Director of Quantum Technologies at UK Research and Investment (UKRI). Comparing the quantum sector today with the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, he quotes the photographer who first showed the world an aeroplane in the sky:
It wasn t luck that made them fly. It was hard work and common sense.
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Most aspects of life and work have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps none more so than cyber security. To be specific, the attack surface, which under normal circumstances shifts swiftly and unpredictably, has received a major shock.
In response, security professionals have scrambled to keep up and adapt, as attackers have pounced on the disruptions and security holes created by the work-from-home trend, by pandemic disinformation campaigns, and by the generalized uncertainty created by this crisis. As things have started to settle, one thing has become readily apparent: A good cybersecurity program is no longer sufficient for organizations. In this new normal reality, in order for businesses to survive an
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